Society for Equity Inclusion and Advocacy: Central Vancouver Island
Publicly funded institution · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 133424523RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2020-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($894,438) as filed with the CRA.
Society for Equity Inclusion and Advocacy: Central Vancouver Island is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2020, it reported $884K in revenue and $894K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 76% from government, 17% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $50.
Compared with 2,238 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Seia is a community-based organization that provides service and support through internal programs and external partnerships so that all persons impacted by systemic baries are able to access the services supports and benefits to which they are entitled regardless of age race gender sexual orientation income education orr family status and as a result experience enhanced health well-being and social inclusion.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2020
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $884K | $894K | $797K | — | — | -$17K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $50 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$520K
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2020)
Susan Carlson (treasurer); Deanna Ward (director).
As listed on its 2020 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Society for Equity Inclusion and Advocacy: Central Vancouver Island’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133424523RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.